Question

Write a note on Rabindra Nath Tagore.

Answer 1

Answer:

• On 7 May 1861, Rabindranath Tagore was born in his ancestral home in Calcutta to an upper-class Bengali family.
• Mahashri Devendra Nath and Sharda Devi were his parents.
• In the early 20th century, he became the most influential writer, poet and artist in Bengal and also in India.
• He was a polymath, and his mastery extended through art, literature, poetry, drama, music, and education in many domains.
• When he received the award in 1913 for his translation of his own work in Bengali, Gitanjali, he became the first non-European to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
• He was the first Nobel Prize-winning non-white individual.
• Tagore is said to have written over 2000 songs, and with his own distinct lyrical and fluid style, his songs and music are called ‘Rabindrasangeet.’
• The national anthems of both Jana Gana Mana of India and Amar Shonar Bangla of Bangladesh were composed by Tagore.
• Rabindranath Tagore, also named ‘Gurudev,’ died in the age of 80 in his ancestral home in Jorasanko, Calcutta, on 7 August 1941.